The actress publicist, Merle Frimark, confirmed the news in a statement to EW.
My dear friend of over 40 years was 91.
Her funeral will be private.
Chita Rivera.Jason Mendez/Getty Images
A memorial service will be announced in due course.
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Rivera would go onto star in several more theater productions includingMr.
She followed the production across the pond to London’s West End the year after.
Chita Rivera circa 1955.Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Her other film credits includeSweet Charity, Sgt.
Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band,andTick, Tick… Boom!
Rivera released her autobiography,Chita: A Memoir, last year.
Chita Rivera circa 1970.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
She was also a frequent narrator of Walt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional.
